One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

The less they know, the more they know it all.

When you see something wrong and fail to do anything about it, even in the smallest effort, you accept the wrong.

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.

You were out on tour, 75 cities in 80 days, and then making records on top of it. And they started calling us the Hollywood Vampires 'cause anybody only saw us at night.

That boy don't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades, and that boy don't know the meaning of a lot of words.

Developing relationships is a very important part of doing business, and I see more similarities than differences when I travel the world.

It is best to think of karma, not so much in terms of physical action, but as waveforms of vibratory energy.

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

If all people are free, all are equal. If they are equal, they are just.

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.